The bane of the impact factor
The impact factor should indicate a journal's prestige. As this article points out, it has become an evaluation tool for scientists, where merit = publications*impact_factor. This is rapidly degrading the quality of journal articles, and it's not clear how to fix things. Any ideas?
My suggestion is to get rid of peer review entirely, as it has become hopelessly compromised. Instead, a new caste of science reviewers should be created, who's job it would be to solely review papers and grant proposals. Scientific Eunuchs, as it were.
My suggestion is to get rid of peer review entirely, as it has become hopelessly compromised. Instead, a new caste of science reviewers should be created, who's job it would be to solely review papers and grant proposals. Scientific Eunuchs, as it were.
Labels: science
posted by Mike Beversluis at
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
2 Comments:
My snarky nature (yes, it's genetic.) would lead me to say something along the lines of "Some in the scientific community are already eunics for intents and purposes." but I'll refrain.
*D'oh*
By
Anonymous, at 13 October, 2005 15:09
"Timber in your eye."
Care to have a race to see who gets married first? (if ever)
By
Mike Beversluis, at 13 October, 2005 16:07
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